Sunday, July 21, 2013

Free Food in Singapore...

Although Singapore is one the richest countries in Asia, there are many poor people, workers Students in its midst who cannot afford the soaring food price and the high cost of living in Singapore.
Example: - Many of the needy are the silent workforce,foreign workers, Students.
Their salary is so low that Singaporeans would not take these jobs. Most of their salaries are sent home to their families or pay off up to a year’s worth of debts
Help is available for the needy. Yes, there is such a thing as free lunch and dinner in Singapore. Some religious associations and welfare groups provide free meals. The bills are sponsored by members of these groups and business people.
Here are some of the places that provide free meals:

 v  Shri Krishna Mandir. The Hindu religious group serves free vegetarian food from 11am to 10 pm daily. All are welcome.
·         9 Lorong 29 Geylang  388065
Krishna murti
Food making by volunteers




v   Singapore Buddhist Lodge. The Kim Yan Road temple serves free vegetarian breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7am to 7pm. All are welcome regardless of their race or religion. In the queue one can find all sorts of people, from the homeless, unemployed, foreign students, foreign construction workers and of course some freeloaders who work nearby.
·         17-19 Kim Yam Road Singapore 239329

Buddha murti
Food making by volunteers





v   The Central Sikh Temple. The temple in Jalan Bukit Merah provides free vegetarian Indian lunches every day. ( take some thing to cover your head)
·         Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road 8 Jalan Bukit Merah Singapore 169543
Food making
Food service
v  Nativity Church. This Catholic Church at the end of Upper Serangoon Road provides free breakfast and lunch every day.
·         1259 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 534795
Nativity Church
area to eat food

v  The Lutheran King of Glory Church in Norris Road, serves free meals every Sunday to Indian workers Tamil service.
·         9 Norris Rd, Singapore 208252
Church Building
Food making by volunteers

v  Buddha Tooth Relic Temple. This Buddhist temple at South Bridge Road provides free meal from 12.30pm to 6.30pm every day.
·         288 S Bridge Rd  Singapore 058840

 
Buddha Temple


Type of Food


v  Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society. They have meal centres in
·         Toa Payoh (Blk 31 #01-663 Lor 5)
·         Telok Blangah (Blk 3, #01-504)  
·         MacPherson (Blk 90, #01-103, Pipit Road).
Cutting of veg's
Food
v  Care Corner Seniors Activities Center. Serves free breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea for senior citizens. (http://www.carecorner.org.sg)
·         The Centre at Toa Payoh, Lor 7 Blk 5 #01-131 
Take care of Seniors


Food Type



v  Sutha Restaurant :-This restaurant at Cuff Road provides free breakfast (from 7am to 9am) and dinner on weekdays only and lunch on Sundays. This is for stranded Indian workers in Singapore whose beds are the concrete walkways along Cuff Road. These distressed migrants are abandoned by their employees after their work injury or they are duped by the agents. To qualify for the free food, participants are asked to show a Special Pass (a govt-issued document, which means they do not have a work permit) or evidence that they are injured / have a case pending (a letter from a doctor/lawyer plus a work permit). It is funded by the Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) together with One Singapore.
·         8 Cuff Rd, Singapore 209729
Food type
Restaurant
v  Lamesa Restaurant. The TWC2 provides free dinner for Bangladeshi at Lamea restaurant at Desker Road. (http://www.twc2.org.sg)
·         18 DESKER ROAD  Rochor Singapore 209556
  
Lamesa restaurant

Food type
v  ACMI:- A Catholic humanitarian group called the Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People or ACMI, feeds migrant workers three times a week. The site is beside the Church of the immaculate heart of Mary (http://www.catholic.org.sg/acmi/soupkitchen.htm).
·         No 2, Highland Road


ACMI food court
Food Donation 
v  YWCA. Their meals-on-wheels for Elderly distributes free lunches to needy, frail and homebound senior citizens
·         Banda Street
·         Bukit Merah View
·         Cantonment Road
·         Holland Road
·         Lengkok Bahru
·         Mei Ling Street
Food Donation 
Food Type
v  Their Meals-on-wheels for Children program provides free dinner for children from Low-income families who are schooling in Zhangde Primary School for more information on the meals-on-wheels program, please contact Ms Celest Ling at 6223 1227.
·         New Town Primary School
·         Queenstown Primary School
·         Gan Eng Seng Primary School

·         Beyong Social Services.
How it work
Types of food

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